Rock bands hate the Internet—or at least they've turned their hesitations and anxieties about hyperconnectivity into fertile ground for songs.You'll find it in the first Death From Above 1979 album since they came out of hibernation and all over the latest Parquet Courts side release; you can hear its echoes on EMA's new album and in certain pockets of a new St. Vincent song. It was spelled out most clearly in Arcade Fire's interactive video for "Reflektor," which asked viewers to hold up their smartphones to their laptop screens and then blared the words "BREAK FREE."…
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